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Date:	Wed, 15 Nov 2006 19:59:26 -0800
From:	Ray Davison <raydav@charter.net >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: eCs & WIN2K...Cohabitation...?

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Norm Metcalf wrote:

> Ray Davison wrote:
>
>> [snip]
>> However that last part for me is not quite true. I have never gotten
>> eCS to install on a "USED" HDD except for my laptop. For a desktop I
>> install eCS as a primary on a clean, 3G HDD, and give it the drive
>> letter I chose. I then copy it to an extended on the work machine.
>>
>> Ray
>> I had the same problem of trying to install eCS on a used hard
>> drive. I tried several disk-cleaning programs without success until
>> at Office Depot I found their Data Deletion Suite. It has two CD's.
>> One is SecureClean for Windows 98, ME, 2000 and XP only. It didn't
>> work as advertised. Tech support said that they couldn't replicate
>> the problem. The other CD has WipeDrive for "all versions of
>> DOS, Windows 3x, 9x, ME, 2000, XP, OS/2 and PC based Linux/Unix".
>
> I've two used hard drives that eCS refused to install on. After using
> WipeDrive it reported both to be "clean" and eCS 1.2R installed
> without any problems.
> Norm Metcalf, Boulder Colorado

I use DFSee clean. Start it, count to ten, and abort. That wipes the
front of the drive which is enough.

Ray

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